May 2005

Sunday 22nd May

The Black Belt Academy will be holding a SPONSORED TRAINING MARATHON In aid of the Cotswold Care Hospice at Minchinhampton. We are planning to complete 101 rounds of continuous sparring. To put that into perspective, a professional boxing match is normally 12 rounds!

"Cotswold Care Hospice aims to maximise the quality of life of people in Gloucestershire - patients and their families who are living with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses."

One of our former Black Belt members Kathy Lane works at Cotswold Care, and I can personally vouch for the fantastic job they do as my Grandmother used to visit them herself many years ago. The hospice needs over £800,000 per year just to break even and yet they only receive £150,000 from the government, therefore they need to raise over £650,000 every year from voluntary contrubutions.

Let's do our very best to help them out!

"We are so grateful to Master Olpin and all of his fellow Martial Artists for striking a blow against the £800,000 target Cotswold Care Hospice needs to provide free care to those who need it most in our community."
Rik Kumar, Cotswold Care

"Good Luck to the Black Belt Academy - They really work hard at their training sessions and I'm sure that raising much needed funds for the Cotswold Care Hospice will motivate them all even more..!"
- Ian Dixon, Head Teacher, Cam Everlands School